| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The social impact of sending millions from the cities to the country during WWII. 00:45The bells of the Parish Church of St Mary, Bishopstoke in Hampshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Neil MacGregor is with the great rulers of the world over 2000 years ago. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Neil MacGregor on the life and legacy of the great Indian ruler Ashoka 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Neil MacGregor with one of the past's most recognisable objects; the Rosetta Stone 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in Han Dynasty China 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The 2000 year old bronze head of one of the world's most famous rulers - Caesar Augustus 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Martina Cole reveals how her anger at injustice inspired her to take direct action.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Charlotte Smith examines DEFRA's £3 billion budget, and looks where cuts might fall. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45East Anglia's farmers may keep lambs in polytunnels, to protect them from birds of prey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45On the eve of the Devon County Show, how do agricultural events remain relevant?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears why farmers are herding sheep through brain scanners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker. 05:45A cull of badgers is announced in England. Charlotte Smith hears reaction to the news.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mark Wakelin. 05:453/5Having set up beside Poyang Lake in China, John waits for dawn and watches the birds.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints Church, Harpole in Northants. 05:45Phil Collins listens back to the best - and worst - election night speeches.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks the South Downs Way. 06:30Charlotte Smith examines the new government's rural budget and its plan to cull badgers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05For Pentecost, Mark Tully explores the process of translation. 06:35Lionel Kellaway asks why the junipers on Porton Down are under attack. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Carrie Grant appeals on behalf of NACC. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Celebrating Pentecost from Hinde Street Methodist Church in London. 08:50David Cannadine reflects on Britain's forgotten history of coalition government.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Norman Stone, Neil MacGregor, Marina Warner and Ben Judah. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:002/3Michael Portillo examines the past and future of democracy over 2,500 years. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Anna Carter, Nicolai Lilin, Michael Holding and Jennie Buckman. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the scientific achievements of the Cavendish family. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian and actor Rob Brydon. 09:45An act of worship and music led by Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by historian Lucy Worsley. The poet is Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00From the the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House for our archive special.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Jane Ashley on photographing her mum Laura's iconic clothes. 10:451/5Laura Alcoba's memoir about a turbulent Argentinian childhood in the 1970s.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Why aren't there more women in the judiciary? 10:452/5After a visit to her father in prison, Laura goes with her grandparents to meet her mother
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Caroline Lucas, the UK's first ever Green MP. 10:453/5Laura and her mother move into a new safe house, and the rabbits arrive.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Plaits - we follow the current hair trend through history. 10:454/5Laura Alcoba's memoir about a turbulent Argentinian childhood, dramatised by Sheila Yeger.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. The unrealistic portrayal of women on Italian television. 10:455/5In adulthood, Laura returns to Buenos Aires to discover what happened to the rabbit house.
| 10:00John McCarthy finds out about the boom in museums in China and volcano tourism in Iceland. 10:30Howard Stableford meets the Ten Rare Men, the experts who rule on rare bird sightings.
| 10:00Brenda adjusts to a part-time relationship, and it's home, sweet home, for Matt.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Author Howard Sounes reveals the story behind Bob Dylan's song. 11:303/4When his teenage son won't be seen out with him, Adam's determined to prove he's cool.(R)
| 11:007/40Following the science and fortunes of Black Bears in the woods of Minnesota. 11:30Adjoa Andoh reflects on the career of playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry.
| 11:002/2What awaits a Prime Minister once he has walked through the black door of Number Ten? 11:301/4Caroline runs ‘Household Solutions’ but should she let Sylvia join?
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. 11:30A celebration of the life and work of the late poet and broadcaster Peter Porter.
| 11:00Exploring how the internet and technology is changing the way we deal with death. 11:304/6Sandy's daughter is an artist. Her work never sells, until Sandy buys a canvas anonymously
| 11:00Peter Oborne of the Daily Mail on the second week of the new coalition government. 11:30Kate Adie looks behind the headlines with despatches from Iran, Sierra Leone and Paris.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How the recession is taking its toll on our mental health. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Where should the government make public spending cuts? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sheffield's craft industry and Ireland in the recession. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The government announce proposals to abolish Home Information Packs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White examines the pros and cons of taking an English holiday. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In a Money Box exclusive, Paul Lewis interviews the new minister for pensions, Steve Webb. 12:306/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Phill Jupitus and Jeremy Hardy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman accept offers from Leigh Francis, Ruth Padel and Suggs. 12:32What is taste and how does it develop? And, which tastes will blow the mind? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:309/13The wide-ranging music quiz from Manchester with Paul Gambaccini.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:305/6With Nick Clegg, Kate Adie and Robin Denselow.(R)
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Charging to read news online: the newspaper editors' debate.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Tom Heap finds out if the supply of metals vital to electronics could be exhausted by 2012
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from the Gower peninsula in Wales.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Is greed a vital dynamic behind a successful economy? Dr Catherine Cowley investigates.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Vicky puts her money where her mouth is. 14:15Cold War-era coming of age play by Danny Brocklehurst, set in the shadow of Sellafield.
| 14:00The countdown begins for Lilian. 14:15Discovering his wife's affair, surveillance expert Stuart uses it as an aid for teaching.
| 14:00It's home, sweet home, for Matt. 14:154/4Frank is chipper - he's finally got his own parking space at the local nick.
| 14:00The Dower House opens its doors to guests. 14:15Comedy by Ali Taylor lifting the lid on the ethics of publishing war-torn misery memoirs.
| 14:00Vicky embraces a new challenge. 14:15By Richard Stevens. A Transatlantic wartime flight is beset with increasing dangers.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By William Trevor. A penniless sculptor's wife devises a shocking plan to make ends meet.(R)
| 14:00Carole Baxter joins Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Peter Gibbs in Aberdeenshire. 14:458/12How Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside
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| 15:00 | 15:00What's life like in an orchestra pit? Sarah Lenton investigates the Covent Garden archive. 15:451/5Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, heads for the British Film Institute.(R)
| 15:00With Vanessa Collingridge. Including the Somerset bootmaker who changed medical history. 15:301/3By Toby Litt. It's 2068 AD; local application 13/13 has disappeared mysteriously on Europa 15:452/5Actor Andrew Sachs takes a trip to London Zoo.(R)
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer your personal finance questions. 15:302/3By Scarlet Thomas. An algorithm can sometimes create new problems. 15:453/5Musician and composer Nitin Sawhney goes to the Science Museum.(R)
| 15:00Is there more to the Forest of Bowland than the Pendle Witches? 15:27Jacqueline Wilson appeals on behalf of Brake. 15:303/3By Anita Sullivan. Colin, a medically-trained humanoid, watches over Eunice's old age. 15:454/5Comedian Hugh Dennis takes one of his favourite walks near his home on the Sussex Downs.(R)
| 15:00Carole Baxter joins Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Peter Gibbs in Aberdeenshire. 15:455/5Baroness Julia Neuberger takes a stroll through the Victorian gardens in Leamington Spa.(R)
| 15:306/6Dr Phil Hammond is joined by Patrick Hennessey, Sarah Millican and John Harris.
| 15:00A disfigured artist and a young girl help a wounded bird during Second World War horrors.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon asks if a 'health tax' should be placed on sugary soft drinks? 16:303/6Katie Derham looks at the rising popularity of taking a holiday by rail.
| 16:00Kim Phuc, subject of an iconic photograph from the Vietnam War, tells her story. 16:30Physicist Brian Cox reveals how Carl Sagan's Cosmos TV show changed his life.
| 16:00New research revealing the rifts and resentment created by researching family history. 16:30Dr Mark Porter finds out how much water we should drink for optimum health.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to the Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas. 16:30Cleaning up the oil spill, biodiversity, tree rings and quantum kilograms.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary programme. 16:30Francine Stock reports on the British film industry during the New Labour years.
| 16:00Can you look good in plaits once you've left primary school?
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup visits a lighthouse to tell the story of Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose. 16:30Roger McGough introduces TS Eliot's Four Quartets.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The programme that starts with its listeners. With Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Horatio Clare tells the story of the African Resistance Movement. 17:404/8Writer Kate Clanchy responds to recent trials involving children and violence. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6John Lloyd and Dave Gorman accept offers from Leigh Francis, Ruth Padel and Suggs.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Caroline struggles to come to terms with Ruth now being her dad's lover.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6The panellists are comedian Rufus Hound, artist Grayson Perry and Julia Hartley-Brewer.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur tries to make a documentary about himself(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/9Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Phill Jupitus and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Nick Frost and Robert Lacey. Music from Chris Difford.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The countdown begins for Lilian. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including David Mitchell on his latest novel, and Keane on their new EP. 19:451/5Neil MacGregor is with the great rulers of the world over 2000 years ago.
| 19:00It's home, sweet home, for Matt. 19:15With John Wilson, including interviews with Eric Idle and pianist Louis Lortie. 19:452/5Neil MacGregor on the life and legacy of the great Indian ruler Ashoka
| 19:00The Dower House opens its doors to guests. 19:15With John Wilson, including Picasso in Liverpool, Tosca in London and singer Tracey Thorn. 19:453/5Neil MacGregor with one of the past's most recognisable objects; the Rosetta Stone
| 19:00Vicky embraces a new challenge. 19:15Mark Lawson meets Scott Turow, who has written a sequel to Presumed Innocent. 19:454/5Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in Han Dynasty China
| 19:00Lilian has a confession to make. 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including the Stones back with Exile on Main St, and China Mieville. 19:455/5The 2000 year old bronze head of one of the world's most famous rulers - Caesar Augustus
| 19:004/8Writer Kate Clanchy responds to recent trials involving children and violence. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural highlights, including Bad Lieutenant.
| 19:00Matt has a lot he wants to say to Paul. 19:15The programme investigates a border dispute among the lush farmlands of northern Vermont. 19:451/5A young woman reveals her cruel revenge on the composer who broke his promise to her.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2India and China will dominate the 21st century. Will the Asian giants co-operate or clash? 20:30Owen Bennett-Jones investigates the grievances that lie behind Pakistan's Taliban movement
| 20:00Were prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan abused, during the Obama presidency? 20:40Research indicates that having the eye condition Retinoblastoma makes people cleverer.
| 20:00Robin Lustig chairs a special debate on Britain's future role in the world. 20:45Phil Collins listens back to the best - and worst - election night speeches.
| 20:00This week: how the coalition deal between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats was done. 20:30Can the Isle of Man rejuvenate the business of watchmaking?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from the Gower peninsula in Wales. 20:50David Cannadine reflects on Britain's forgotten history of coalition government.
| 20:00An exploration of JB Priestley's hugely popular Second World War radio broadcasts.
| 20:00Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary programme.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Deep water exploration, the maths of electoral reform, snail trails and lasers turn 50. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Norman Stone, Neil MacGregor, Marina Warner and Ben Judah.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter finds out how much water we should drink for optimum health. 21:302/3Michael Portillo examines the past and future of democracy over 2,500 years.
| 21:00Tom Heap finds out if the supply of metals vital to electronics could be exhausted by 2012 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Anna Carter, Nicolai Lilin, Michael Holding and Jennie Buckman.
| 21:007/40Following the science and fortunes of Black Bears in the woods of Minnesota. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the scientific achievements of the Cavendish family.
| 21:00Omnibus edition of Laura Alcoba's moving account of her childhood in 1970s Argentina.
| 21:00By Leonard Wibberley. The tiny country of Grand Fenwick is forced to declare war on the US(R)
| 21:00In a Money Box exclusive, Paul Lewis interviews the new minister for pensions, Steve Webb. 21:26Carrie Grant appeals on behalf of NACC. 21:30Can the Isle of Man rejuvenate the business of watchmaking? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:456/10Lou's parents have agreed to meet No with a view to taking her in. But No is in a bad way.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:457/10The arrival of No in the Bertignac household has had a surprising effect on Lou's mother.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. 22:458/10No asks Lou to come with her to find her mother.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:459/10After Lou's father asks No to move out, Lou and Lucas look after her in secret.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10It's decision time for Lou and No.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Robin Lustig chairs a special debate on Britain's future role in the world.
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. 22:45Sarah Sands takes a wry look at the broadsheets and red tops.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the language of football. 23:30Francesco da Mosto celebrates the original Italian Job movie, made in 1969.(R)
| 23:002/5Charlie Brooker seeks the best in wrong answers, with Lee Mack, Josie Long and Tom Basden. 23:301/3Miles Warde tells the inside story of the closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory.(R)
| 23:002/6Ken asks John to write a pop song for a star, but his DIY duties get in the way. 23:152/6Sketch show written by David Quantick, in which no item features more than one voice.(R) 23:302/3Miles Warde tells the inside story of the closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory.(R)
| 23:003/6Nigel Penny has to share his tiny room with an unwanted boorish guest. 23:153/6Shappi Khorsandi reveals her embarassing teenage secrets to host Rufus Hound.(R) 23:303/3Miles Warde tells the story of the closure of Cadbury's Somerdale factory near Bristol.(R)
| 23:00Physicist Brian Cox reveals how Carl Sagan's Cosmos TV show changed his life. 23:30The story of Izal Medicated toilet paper, with songs written by presenter Sally Goldsmith.(R)
| 23:009/13The wide-ranging music quiz from Manchester with Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Roger McGough introduces requests for poems learnt by heart while at school.
| 23:00Francine Stock reports on the British film industry during the New Labour years. 23:30For Pentecost, Mark Tully explores the process of translation.
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